Yesterday--y'all are going to hate me
Yesterday, inadvertently, by chance, etc., my beautiful boyfriend and I....
Got dinner bought for us by a millionaire.
Well, he has millions in assets anyway
Richard Alfaro is one of the nicest guys I know. We sell his wines, Alfaro Family Vineyards, and the winery he's in partnership with Joe Martin (who is also super-cool)--Marin Alfaro
He used to be a baker--and sold his bakery to Sara Lee. I found this article:
Anyway, his wines are selling very well and expanding--thanks to our company, and thanks to the fact that he likes to personally deliver wines all over the Peninsula and the Bay Area. He's such a sweet man, has a 14-year old daughter after whom he named a wine (Lindsay Paige) and a 13 year old son (but no naming after here).
Here's how yesterday went:
After deciding I needed a day of rest from exercise, I climbed back into bed and napped until the BF woke up around 2pm. He was well pleased that I was in bed with him and we had some fun before I showered, dressed, put on a little makeup, and we hungrily went to Thai Orchid for lunch (no b-fast, slept instead). As a matter of fact, I stepped on the scale after my shower and was
136.5 lbs!!
I knew it was just depleted glycogen stores but it was really fun to see the number anyway! I did well at first, no drinks, no appetizers, just my prawn basil plate with rice. But I ate it all because I was so hungry. I was so hungry i didn't even feel full afterwards. I had a very small scoop of coconut ice cream.
We went to Pelican Ranch winery to taste, where I had a few crackers, and the wine lineup--2 Chards, 2 Pinots, a Zin and the dessert wine: Raspberry wine with 2 Hershey's kisses. Then we went over to Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery a few doors down and tasted their beers--they give you a 1 oz cup for each beer so it was only 5 oz. But I had some pretzels and lots of the nice rock salt (sodium must be high from that and the Thai dish). I wanted to go to Equinox Winery because they have sparklers. We went there and saw Barre, and he tasted us on some of his Italian grape-wines and a sparkler that tasted very Old-World--because it was
en tirage for 9 years!!
Barre was very nice and accommodating and he walked us around and showed us the machine-done riddling system he had--does the riddling in 7 days as opposed to hand labor that would take 4-6 weeks, without reducing quality. Nice.
We then went downtown, because I wanted to go to Vinocruz--never been there before. We sell to them. Lo and behold! Richard Alfaro was pouring his wines!!! We came in and waited until he finished his conversation, and gave him a hug (he's that nice), and he bought our tasting fees ($5 each). My BF had to go get some coffee and Richard said he was going to Soif (a wine bar/restaurant with gourmet food that you can pair with a recommended wine). I asked if we could come with, and he was totally down--he was alone, anyway. So we met up there and I had what he had and vice versa--I suggested this Bordeaux blend, he had some, he suggested this sparkler, i had some. I had the scallop dish with raisin caper sauce, and my Bf had honey glazed baby back ribs. Richard had beets stuffed with cheese and a sugar peas dish. We talked and talked, mainly about his kids and parenting. At the end of the meal, he told me he'd cover it! Good grief the bill was $80--and he tipped $20!!! We were very grateful and he acted grateful that I sell his wines!! It was a great dinner.
The BF and I went home and snuggled until I fell asleep, and he said he was going to carry me downstairs--but I refused! I didn't feel comfortable--I still feel too heavy for him to do that. He's no weakling but he's no body builder either! Anyway, I had a great day spent with my boyfriend.....
But i consumed too many calories. That is OK, yesterday is officially my Cheat Day and today I'm going to run 6.2 miles in a minute--I need to stretch, first.
Ok, be back later maybe!
